Health and nutrition
Respectful care essential to saving women’s lives
While we know that health care providers in rural and remote settings face many challenges, the way they engage with women, especially in pregnancy and delivery, can set the stage for whether she seeks life-saving care for herself and her child in the future.
Read More15 Minutes on Safe Deliveries
After a difficult birth of her own Manju wanted to make sure others didn’t have to go through the same struggles. Our podcast host, Lama Alsafi, shares Manju’s experience and how she has continued to impact her community in Bihar, India.
Read MoreCARE Canada’s Tanja Kisslinger
ShareTweetShare+1Email CARE Canada’s Tanja Kisslinger May 3, 2019 1. What do you do at CARE? My job is a mix of communications, public engagement and knowledge translation. That means, I take information from our Global Health programs, and I create meaningful messages and opportunities for the Canadian public to understand and experience our nutrition work…
Read MoreIndia: How one woman’s traumatic birth experience inspired her to help other mothers
ShareTweetShare+1Email India: How one woman’s traumatic birth experience inspired her to help other mothers May 2, 2019 Manju gave birth to her third child on the side of the road, one mile from the nearest health facilities. She was bleeding heavily, but with no access to ambulance service and with winter roads nearly impassable, it…
Read MoreEnding Inequality For Mothers
I recently caught up with a friend of mine who is enjoying her sixth week of motherhood.” You weren’t kidding about whirlwind…” she said…
Read MoreYour Valentines Day Gift Guide – That Gives Back
ShareTweetShare+1Email Your Valentines Day Gift Guide – That Gives Back Feb 11, 2019 Love is in the air in February. All kinds of love whether between partners, a parent and child, or friends. No matter who you are getting a gift for this Valentine’s Day, we’ve got you covered. Here are our top 3 gift…
Read MoreHunger on the edge of the Sahel: Shoukuriya’s story
Worldwide, hunger and malnutrition kills more people than HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. Hunger is avoidable and it is treatable. There is more than enough food in the world. No one should worry whether they will be able feed their children when they wake up in the morning. This is where a little girl named…
Read MorePhoto story, Cambodia: Putting health first at work
Maly works as a line leader at a busy garment factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. She is 8 months pregnant with her second child, and as you can imagine, sometimes her job can be very tiring and demanding. But there are perks of working at her company, and she has joined CARE’s contraceptive training program…
Read MoreA boy named Care: A story of a family’s appreciation for CARE’s work in South Sudan
Ludia Ajasi is a widow who lives in Odikolong, a small village located in the outskirts of Torit State in South Sudan. She survives by farming a small piece of land behind her house. But for the past few years, her harvest has been bad due to poor rains, which made her struggle to feed…
Read MoreHow radio is helping Cambodian mothers keep their babies healthy
Imagine you are pregnant. You want to find out information about pregnancy, labour and keeping your baby healthy. But all of the information you find is written in a language you don’t understand. What do you do? This is the situation for many women in remote parts of Cambodia where ethnic minority communities speak their…
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